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YouTube Uploader Evolves Some More, Makes Bulk Transfers Easier Still

Ten months ago YouTube provided its users with some downloadable software to allow uploads of multiple videos at once. Whether that influenced YouTube’s claim of seeing ten hours of video or more added to its archive every minute, we’re not so sure.

What we can say today, however, is that the company is giving the public at large the ability to accomplish that very task without the need of a specially-crafted bulk uploader. Indeed, any and all uploads can now be done through a Video File Upload beta page. The excitement is palpable.

Of course, this is really a minor development. Multiple and simultaneous video uploads do occur, but presumably only by a select number of users. Still, YouTube is obviously banking on the idea that the service should be as easily operable and without additional software extensions in order to get things done. Therefore it tested this beta for some time and has now chosen to introduced the option to the masses.

Mind you, the new upload page is not the default. And it is not yet linked in any way on the page housing the standard device. So the run-around is a little unfortunate. But a simple bookmark to the fresh release will likely do the trick for many users.

Uploading is thoroughly easy. Just choose a file and uploads are automatically begun, and while the data transfer occurs you can attach the standard titles, descriptions, tags, categories and privacy options. The quota of videos allowed in the collective process is 10 at a time, up to 1GB in size. There seems only one issue to raise with the beta: you cannot specify sharing options with the new uploader to the extent that you are able through the usual utility.

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